Insurance premiums are expected to rise

As 2018 looms closer, people are watching for insurance companies' filings to get a sense of what will happen to next year's premiums. Some insurers have already announced that their premiums would be higher in anticipation of the White House not continuing certain subsidies. The Wall Street Journal reports large premium hikes, even without the uncertainty around those cost-sharing subsidies. Highmark Health, for example, is reported to have expected a premium increase of around 20% in Delaware without considering the loss of the cost-sharing subsidies.

These premium hikes -- with or without the subsidies -- are increasing faster than inflation.